Style: Red Wine

Producer: Alpha Estate

Grape: 60% Syrah, 20% Merlot, 20% Xinomavro

Where: PGI Florina, Amyndeon, Macedonia

Country: Greece

Taste: Critic tasting note: "This red wine blend gets its deep burgundy hue from Syrah and Xinomavro, a dark-skinned indigenous red grape grown throughout the country's northern regions. A portion of Merlot in the mix aims to keep things smooth. The nose has notes of cloves, allspice and sweet vanilla extract alongside tart red fruit. On the palate, the alcohol outpaces the fruit, and the wine has a long finish with grippy tannins." - Wine Enthusiast

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Additional Info:

The wine spends 18 months minimum in new Allie, Bertrange & Jupille French Oak casks, medium toast and 12 months minimum in bottle. No treatment or filtration before bottling

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Alpha Estate was founded in 1997 by the experienced viticulturist Makis Mavridis and chemist-oenologist Angelos Iatridis, who, after years of experience in various locations of Greece and abroad, chose the Amyndeon region to create his own wine. The knowledge and love for winemaking was passed on to the next generation. Angeliki Iatridou and Emorfili Mavridou carry on the tradition today, aspiring to evolve, while participating in the team’s common vision. Human factor is indispensable to the expression of all elements, gracefully offered by the unique ecosystem of the privately owned 220 ha vineyard in the production of our wines. Main feature of our work is the ‘’soul’’ of the people that contribute every day to this dream, with respect to nature, combined with high quality and deeply eco-friendly growing practices of sustainable viticulture and winemaking, based on the most recent international standards. Professional know-how, experience and the team’s effort, throughout all stages of production and promotion, are necessary conditions to the desirable result: wines sealed under the Alpha Estate label.